** This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus of up to $5,000. **
Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital is a fully integrated medical campus that includes diagnostic centers, outpatient surgery and a 24-hour emergency department located in the state-of-the-art hospital. This facility is part of the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, a nonprofit, multispecialty, academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education.
As a Medical Technologist, you will perform and interpret tests at all complexity levels. Using your understanding of the technical, procedural and problem-solving aspects and theories of laboratory testing, you will help find results to best determine patient care. This rewarding opportunity offers you the ability to make an impact in patient care, experience an inclusive culture and explore personal and professional development through committees and continuing education resources.
A caregiver in this position works on-site. Monday-Friday with rotating weekends and holidays. Hours 6-230 pm or 7-330 pm
A caregiver who excels in this role, will:
- Conduct quality laboratory testing and result reporting.
- Accurately identify each patient specimen and testing orders and ensure results are accurate and reported in a timely manner.
- Ensure specimen integrity and identification and resolve specimens not meeting testing criteria.
- Identify and resolve pending specimen results from laboratory information system for assigned departments.
- Report pertinent information to the physician, patient care area or supervisor (e.g., panic values, instrument malfunctions, delay in testing, reagent or supply depletion).
- Note “dates opened” and “expiration dates” and use reagents and controls only to their expiration dates.
- Maintain cleanliness, organization and stock of work area.
- Follow troubleshooting procedures to correct deficiencies or problems as they occur with instruments and equipment.
- Ensure instrument operation and results are reliable and perform maintenance checks, startups, and shutdowns as assigned or required.
- Answer the telephone, greet customers and provide consult and technical support to the physicians, phlebotomists and nursing staff.
- Follow quality control policy and ensure controls are within acceptable limits before patient results are reported.
- Document quality control and out of range results in an appropriate manner.
Minimum qualifications for the ideal caregiver include:
- Associate’s Degree in Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences, Medical Technology or equivalent
- Licensed in the State of Florida at the technologist levels
- One or more specialties in Microbiology, Immunohematology or all licenses
Preferred qualifications for the ideal caregiver include:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Sciences, Physical Sciences, Biological Sciences and Medical Technology
- American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) certification
- One year of clinical experience
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Physical Requirements:
- Turning, stooping, bending, stretching, walking and standing.
- Lifting objects up to10 pounds and carrying objects up to 20 pounds.
- Sitting for short periods of time
- Filing and moving records, laboratory supplies and equipment
- Communication by means of the spoken, written and typed word
- Finger dexterity and eye hand coordination to operate a computer keyboard at a moderate skill level
Personal Protective Equipment:
- Follow Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures
Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.
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The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System’s Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
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